Students from the Regional Leader Development Program-Pacific hosted by United States Army Pacific attend the Asia-Pacific Orientation Course (APOC) at the Asia-Pacific Center for Security Studies, August 21 - 25 in Honolulu.
APOC provides an introduction to Asia-Pacific culture, politics, protocols and challenges, while addressing U.S. interests in the region. The course includes a rigorous program of lectures and interactive sessions, and three break-out seminar sessions.
APOC is just one of the five-weeks of Asia Pacific Region and academic training that these students will receive.
After completing instruction on Strategic Leadership , Cultural and Critical Thinking training these students will be immersed thru travel to Korea, Malaysia and Timor Leste where they will experience different cultures in both North East Asia and South East Asia.
The goal of RLDP-P is to provide service members the education, training, mentorship and regional experiences sooner, beyond the traditional institutional military basics, yielding strategic, adaptive, and professional leaders.
RLDP-P students will have an opportunity to pursue a Master's Degree program with a regionally accredited partner university.
RLDP-P is a Joint, multi-national activity sponsored by USARPAC targeting mid-career military professionals [company grade officers, NCOs (E6 (P) -- E8] , assigned to U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) as nominated by parent commands in accordance with established selection criteria.
More information on the RLDP-P available at https://www.army.mil/standto/archive_2017-08-21/?s_cid=standto
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